Trump open to talks with North Korea under ‘right circumstances’

WASHINGTON – President Trump said Tuesday he is open to the idea of opening multi-party talks involving the U.S., South Korea and North Korea to reduce the nuclear tensions on the peninsula – but only under certain conditions. During a phone conversation … Read More

How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, with the Hwasong-15 missile in a photo released by the government news agency in November. CreditKorean Central News Agency WASHINGTON — At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, American intelligence agencies told the new administration … Read More

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim protests over

(CNN)The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a string of anti-government protests were over after six days of unrest. In comments to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Mohammad Ali Jafari said that only 15,000 people had turned out … Read More

U.S. is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, retired Adm. Mike Mullen says

The United States is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. “We’re actually closer, in my view, to a nuclear war with North Korea and in … Read More

Fox News First: Trump rails against North Korea and China

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President Trump railed against “nuclear menace” North Korea and fumed at the reports China illegally delivered oil to the Hermit Kingdom, exclaiming “That wasn’t my deal!” during a wide-ranging interview Thursday with an outlet he’s long derided. During an impromptu … Read More

President Trump Mocks Global Warming Fears Because of Frigid Forecasts Across the U.S.

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President Donald Trump used the latest forecasts across the country to reject the notion of climate change due to frigid temperatures expected through the New Year. “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record,” the … Read More

White House, State Department condemn Iranian response to protests

  “There are many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. | … Read More

E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves

Ronnie B. Levin spent 37 years at the E.P.A. working on lead exposure. She retired in November after what she described as months of low morale at the agency. CreditKayana Szymczak for The New York Times This article was written through … Read More

In Signing Sweeping Tax Bill, Trump Questions Whether He Is Getting Enough Credit

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed the most consequential tax legislation in three decades on Friday, even as he complained that he has not been given credit for his administration’s accomplishments during a turbulent first year. Mr. Trump decided against doing … Read More

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